segment twelve

... Taylor and I were at the duckpond having a small picnic.
The ducks were swimming nearby and having fun. We laughed as I
fed the geese some of our left-over sandwhiches. Nothing like an
after school picnic with Taylor Hanson. I felt last night repeat
itself all over again in front of my eyes. Taylor began to get
quiet as he stared into my eyes. Would he kiss me... maybe. I
smiled at him to let him know I cared. I watched as a slight
breeze ruffled his long blonde hair.

"Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are?" he asked and
we both blushed slightly.

"No. I usually don't get those types of comments from boys."

"Well, you are. And you've got a great personality." I blushed
even harder and just sat there and smiled. "Will you go out with
me?" he suddenly asked.

I was shocked of course. "Huh? What do you mean?"

"Like, will you date me. Be my girlfriend?" he got shy. I could
sense that he wasn't sure what my response would be.

"Of course I will, silly," I told him and got closer.

"Good, I was afraid you wouldn't."

We got close again like last night. He leaned in to kiss me. I
felt his lips touch mine and I closed my eyes. I kissed him
back. When we pulled away I looked into his eyes and kept
smiling...

...And then I woke up. Someone was shaking me.

"Jennifer! Eartha Jennifer! Hey, are you awake?" I heard
someone say.

I looked up and saw Taylor smile down at me. Funny, the slight
breeze around me had stopped. To bad I hadn't noticed that I
wasn't at the duckpond anymore either.

"So, do you want to go out tommorow?" I asked drowsily.

Suddenly, I realized where I was. I sat straight up. Taylor
looked surprised.

"What?" he asked confused.

Oh my god! I thought. I just asked Taylor Hanson out on a
date! No I didn't, that was part of the dream. I'm still
dreaming. Wake up Jennifer, wake up!!!! Wake up before he
answers! But nothing happened. I didn't know what to do! What
would I say to him. I couldn't just change the subject. I
thought fast, but I didn't get a chance to talk.

I thought for a few seconds. "Not... not.. really a date.. but
more of just..." I tried to come up with a word. " a hangout..
type... thing... yea. Just for fun." Did I just hear myself say
that?!

Tay shrugged his shoulders. "Sounds good to me. So.. tommorow.
You're on!" He backed up and smiled at me. "Well, I gotta go
get..."

"Wait! Tay!?" I interupted him before he left.

"Yea?"

"Umm.. about last night. What we're you trying to do?"

He blushed and looked down at his feet sheepishly. "I guess I
sorta like you," he said quietly. I almost couldn't hear him.
His face turned purple with embarassment and he quickly left the
room.

I got up from my bed. I must have been so exhausted from such a
hyper day with Zac that I'd dozed off without realizing it. So,
he likes me? He really truly likes me? This was all way to over
my head. Had Taylor Hanson just admitted that he had a slight
crush on me? Nah. I could have just misheard him. But I
stopped my reality check and let my heart take over just once
more. Ahhh! He likes me!!!!!!! I smiled and felt like dancing
around the room.

My cat, Charlie, wandered into the room. I scooped her up. "Did
you hear that Charlie? Taylor likes me. He likes me!!!!!!" I
felt light-headed as I jumped back and forth with excitment. If
this was a dream, I sure as heck didn't ever want to wake up!!!!

The phone rang and I happily danced over to pick it up.
"Hello?" I asked sounding really out of it.

"Uh, hey Jen. This is Emily- "

"He likes me!!!!!!!! He really likes me!!!!!!!!!!" I
interupted.

"Uhhh.. did I miss something here?" she asked confused.

"Tommorow... date.... Taylor... he likes me!" I breathed out
and then sighed into the phone.

"Jennifer! Did I just hear you say the words 'Taylor' and
'Date' in the same sentence?" she asked, this time a tad angry.

"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I like Taylor. Did you know that I love
Tay's eyes. Aren't they such cute baby blues. Ohhh, and his
voice- his HAIR! His smile!!!!!! He's soooooo cute. OoooOoooh. I
love Tay. I- "

"Hello???? Jennifer? Are you awake? Stop blabbering on and tell
me what's going on!" she demanded.

"Taylor! Taylor's going out on a DATE with me tommorow! With
me! He likes me!"

There was dead silence at the other end. "WHAT???"

"I asked him out... err.. on accident, but he said YES!" I
explained the whole story to her. Emily grunted into the phone.

"Uh! You took him! Tay's MINE!!!" Ooops! I forgot that she and
just about every other fan in the world liked him just as much
as me if not more!

"I hope this doesn't get out," I whispered to her. "Don't tell
anyone!"

"Don't worry, I won't."

"Power Ranger promise?"

"Huh?"

"Just a fancy way of promising. Do you promise?"

"Uh, okay. I won't tell a single soul," said Emily. "I hope you
know this means that you owe me big time. You have to introduce
me to him privately and I have to be able to talk to him!"

"Don't worry. You'll get a chance."

"Yes!"

I couldn't stop smiling. I loved this day so much. After I hung
up with Emily I remembered something. Where's Tay? I thought.
I had to go tell him how happy I was. Besides, I couldn't stand
being away from him. I sighed again and skipped up the stairs to
find him. I wondered if I had ever felt this happy before!